Posting Summary: The Executive Search Group & Strategic Resourcing (ESG) is an internal search department in the Office of the President and is seeking a dynamic individual to be a Recruiting Associate. The Recruiting Associate helps support the recruitment, screening and hiring of executive and managerial level candidates. ESG acts as "bridge builders," working across the Schools to seek synergies and opportunities to combine talent and resources. As UVA employees ourselves, the success we enjoy is based on understanding the uniqueness of each position and candidate as well as finding an exceptionally mutual fit.

The University has launched an exciting strategic plan, the Cornerstone Plan, to prepare the institution for its bicentennial and its third century of excellence in higher education. One of the priorities in the plan is to recruit and develop the next generation of faculty and staff to lead the University in the years ahead. This position helps support this strategic priority.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 1. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; 2. Demonstrated excellence in building and maintaining positive working relationships; 3. Ability to project a positive, knowledgeable and helpful image to customers; 4. Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate and detailed records; 5. Ability to accomplish many detail-oriented tasks simultaneously; 6. Demonstrated ability to work effectively and proactively on an independent basis; 7. Demonstrated competency in using the computer as a resource tool to track and monitor data, to create management reports, and to create letters, documents and recruitment or informational materials as needed.